Monday, November 14, 2011

Braun Prize for Western Legal History

Via H-Law, we have the following announcement:

The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society announces the 2011 Jerome
I. Braun Prize for the best unpublished manuscript in the field of
western legal history. This prize will be awarded for the best
article-length manuscript on the legal history of the trans-Mississippi
North American West. The Braun Prize carries a cash award of $1,000 for
the winning essay and $500 for the first runner-up. The winning essays
will be published in the NJCHS journal Western Legal History. Authors
are encouraged to explore topics that illuminate the contributions of
the law, lawyers, judges, and law-related organizations to the social,
political, economic, and cultural history of the North American West.
To qualify for the 2011 competition, submissions must be 25-50 pages in
length (double-spaced) plus endnotes. Please submit entries by
electronic portable document file (pdf) along with a brief biographical
statement, by December 1, 2011. Entries and inquiries should be sent to
njchs@hotmail.com. Please write "Braun Prize" in the subject line.

The full announcement is here. Read more about the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society and Western Legal Historyhere.